1.Clinical significance of Her2 pathological expression in breast and gastric cancer patients
Zhenyu YAN ; Chunyang MAI ; Peng GAO ; Bo SU ; Shixuan WANG
Chinese Journal of Immunology 2016;32(6):858-862
Objective:To investigate the clinical significance of Her2 pathological expression in the breast and gastric cancer patients for providing a reference for cancer prevention. Methods: Selected surgical resection specimens of 60 diagnosed in advanced gastric cancer and 60 diagnosed with advanced breast cancer from March 2009 to May 2014 in our hospital,all specimens were given the Her2 pathological expression of immunohistochemical analysis and investigation the clinical and pathological data. Results: The Her2 positive expression rates in the breast cancer and gastric cancer specimens were 40. 0% and 36. 7%,respectively that compared to no significant difference (P>0. 05). The Her2 expression was not related to the cancer patient’s age,histological type,and there were sig-nificantly correlated to the TNM stage and lymph node metastasis ( P<0. 05 ) . Spearman correlation analysis showed that Her2 expression in the breast cancer and gastric cancer were significant positive correlation to the Survivin, Bcl-2 expression ( P<0. 05 ) . Conclusion:Breast cancer and gastric cancer patients have shown high pathological expression of Her2,and are related to the TNM stage and lymph node metastasis, it may be through inhibited the apoptosis regulating proteins involved in the pathogenesis and metastasis of tumors.
2.The role of DNA methylation detection in the early diagnosis and prognosis of lung cancer
Xinwen ZHANG ; Shixuan PENG ; Qing YANG ; Jiating ZHOU ; Xuan ZHANG ; Zilan XIE ; Mengle LONG ; Qingyang WEN ; Yi HE ; Zhi LI ; Yongjun WU
Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine 2024;47(4):371-378
Lung cancer is the leading type of cancer death, and most patients with lung cancer are diagnosed at an advanced stage and have a very poor prognosis. Although low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) has entered the clinic as a screening tool for lung cancer, its false-positive rate is more than 90%. As one of the epigenetic modifications of research hotspots, DNA methylation plays a key role in a variety of diseases, including cancer.Hypermethylation of tumor suppressor genes and hypomethylation of proto-oncogenes are important events in tumorigenesis and development. Therefore, DNA methylation analysis can provide some useful information for the early screening, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of lung cancer. Although invasive methods such as tissue biopsy remain the gold standard for tumor diagnosis and monitoring, they also have limitations such as inconvenience in sampling. In recent years, there has been a rapid development of liquid biopsy, which can detect primary or metastatic malignancies and reflect the heterogeneity of tumors. In addition, the blood sample can be collected in a minimally invasive or non-invasive format and is well tolerated in older and frail patients. This article explores some of the emerging technologies for DNA methylation analysis and provides an overview of the application of DNA methylation in the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer.